Gas industry lobbyists are expected to retain a stranglehold on Europe’s energy future, a new analysis of European Commission policy proposals reveals today.
Why the hydrogen bubble could burst in Europe’s face
The EU’s enthusiastic embrace of hydrogen risks undermining the clean energy transition and its newly-minted 2030 greenhouse gas target. Blog by Tara Connolly, fossil fuels campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe – published on Climate Home. Until recently, the idea hydrogen would play a significant role in the European energy transition was limited to …
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EU Commission throws a lifeline to fossil gas companies
Vested gas interests and fossil hydrogen are winners from energy infrastructure proposal The European Commission has thrown open the door to new subsidies to gas companies in new proposals to revise the rules governing energy infrastructure investments. The Commission’s proposal to amend the Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E) regulation removes support for new oil and …
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Commission set to prolong fossil fuel subsidies
Substantial support for fossil hydrogen will worsen global warming warns Friends of the Earth The European Commission is set to propose to continue EU support and subsidies for fossil fuel infrastructure when it unveils a new framework for future energy investment next week. Friends of the Earth Europe warns the move could undermine the clean …
Flaw in EU energy law helped gas industry pocket €1 billion of taxpayer funds
A critical flaw in the design of an EU law on energy infrastructure has helped the fossil fuel industry pocket over €1 billion in EU taxpayer funds for gas projects, Friends of the Earth Europe and Food & Water Action Europe analysis shows. The analysis comes as a majority of MEPs are set to vote …
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MEPs fail to reject harmful fossil fuel priority energy projects
MEPs on the European Parliament’s Energy Committee (ITRE) have failed to reject the EU’s list of priority energy projects, despite it containing dozens of new harmful fossil fuel projects incompatible with the Paris climate agreement. 55 fossil gas projects on list of support The Projects of Common Interest (PCI) list identifies the highest priority energy …
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